Final report for the
2006/2007 Point to Point Season.
Oh dear, it has fallen to me to write the last report
for the season as Fred is still suffering and the fact that he had to miss the
final two meetings has not improved the pace of his recovery. It is only bronchitis but the nurse's bell is
forever ringing and I now regret the number of times I used it when my old hip
was thrown away and a new one fitted last year.
He has the last laugh on the 'friend' from
The season has come to an end once again and I speak
for the both of us to say that we have thoroughly enjoyed this longer
season. From early December right
through to June we have enjoyed almost every meeting and we have been to over
thirty of them. Only one at Holnicote
(Hunnycot!) was a great disappointment and should never have taken place due to
underfoot conditions but the remainder were excellent.
Our praises go out first and foremost to the
owners. Support for Point to Point
racing has continued to have been forthcoming from a great number of owners and
they have provided us followers with tremendous sport. The cost of owning
horses and keeping them in training has increased like most things today, but
this has not deterred the dedicated few who choose to keep this amateur sport
afloat by providing trained horses to race each weekend around the P to P
meetings.
A tremendous amount of man hours are necessary to
prepare courses and surrounds prior to racing and a big thank you to all
volunteers who come forward to support their hunts and provide the necessary
labour. It would not work without you.
Finally our sincere thanks go out to all
landowners/farmers who allow their hunts to use their land for the purpose of
Point to Point racing. Again we could
not manage without their valuable assistance.
The tin and bag have been cleaned out and will be put
to one side until December. The web site
will carry the next season's fixtures as soon as we have them from Weatherbys
and it will also be used for the benefit of the North Cornwall Hunt Supporters,
but feel free to forward any information you require posting up. I am pleased to see that up to today there have
been 90,000 page views on our website and an average of almost 100 hits per
day. We are so pleased that so many of
you get as much enjoyment from the site as we do posting it up. Long may it continue.
I must leave now as the bell ring-eth once more,
please keep us up-to-date with out of season happenings and we will be back in
December. Make sure you - BE THERE!
Fred and Ruth